Harris County officials joined supporters of the Children’s Assessment Center to break ground for the center’s expansion at 2500 Bolsover. The $30 million expansion project will help improve the center’s prevention and treatment services for children who are victims of sexual abuse. less

Harris County officials joined supporters of the Children’s Assessment Center to break ground for the center’s expansion at 2500 Bolsover. The $30 million expansion project will help improve the center’s ... more

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The expansion at Child Assessment Center will provide space for more partners and additional training in the effort to prevent and treat child sexual abuse.

The expansion at Child Assessment Center will provide space for more partners and additional training in the effort to prevent and treat child sexual abuse.

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Ground-breaking signals expansion for CAC, child advocacy

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An expansion is under way at the Children’s Assessment Center, 2500 Bolsover, that is expected to improve delivery of services for the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse.

The center’s mission is to provide a professional, compassionate and coordinated approach to the treatment of sexually abused children and to serve as an advocate for all children in the community. As a collaboration of Harris County Commissioners Court and the Children’s Assessment Center Foundation, CAC is a partnership between the public and private sectors for the most effective service delivery to sexually abused children and families.

The center provides services to nearly 5,000 sexually abused children each year in collaboration with 45 partner agencies.

The expanded facility will allow additional partner agencies to locate at the center. It also will expand the size of the current training room in order to train and educate more first-responders and the community-at-large on the signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse. The CAC building expansion team includes Gensler, Irvine Team and Tellepsen.

Father Clint Ressler of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church gave the invocation at the ground-breaking ceremony, which was held Nov. 9. Mistress of Ceremony was Dominique Sachse, and speakers included Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, Sheriff Adrian Garcia, County Commissioner El Franco Lee and County Attorney Vince Ryan.

Representatives from top donors were also in attendance. Laura Baird from The Fondren Foundation and Robert C. Wilson III and Dr. Annette Edens from The John M. O’Quinn Foundation took part in the ceremonial ground-breaking. These foundations have given $750,000 and $500,000 to the capital campaign respectively.